The Philosophy of Daredevil

There is a superhero who has two identities; both of his identities serve justice and his vision, although one of them is the evil side of him. His benevolent and good side is a lawyer, but his evil and corrupted side is a hero; this situation may look ironic, but he saves the people and his city with both sides. And as you can understand, the superhero's name is Daredevil. Daredevil, namely Matt Murdock, fights for justice violently, even more, it can be said that he is one of the most brutal heroes, but at the same time, he does not compromise his good side. These are the visible part of Matt Murdock; now it is time to learn the philosophy of Daredevil.

Stan Lee, the most famous character creator in the realm of comics, created Daredevil/ Matt Murdock; he created Daredevil as a man who stores great anger in his soul due to the injustices. Matt witnesses a lot of unfairnesses throughout his life. He does not know the affection of a family; he does not know his mother; furthermore, he becomes blind at a young age; it is possibly seen that even life is not fair to him. But as a superhero, he tries to make a balance to establish justice for society.

As Matt Murdock, he uses the laws to punish the villains, yet as Daredevil, he uses Billy Club, which is a mighty weapon of him to punish villains. The dichotomy of him composes his personality and his life. In his earlier life, he thinks that rules and laws are the only way to stop people from committing crimes, but later, he sees that rules are out of the key; rules and laws cannot stop and erase evil, therefore he uses his abilities to remove the evil in Hell's Kitchen.

In the light of this knowledge, it can be said that the Daredevil comics symbolize the rotten law system in the contemporary world. Nowadays, the one who holds the power and wealth is seen as the right one by everyone, and this situation is reflected everywhere, and the comic criticize this situation. In the comic Hell's Kitchen where the homeland of Matt Murdock is governed by Wilson Fisk, who is the wealthiest person in the city; for this reason, the law is in the hand of Wilson Fisk and people of his weight category. Matt realizes the pointlessness of fighting them as a lawyer, and consequently, he becomes Daredevil; he uses his anger like a bomb against all the authorities of Hell's Kitchen, and he does not internalize their power he challenges them for justice. And as was mentioned above, Daredevil is blind like Lady Justice this feature of him also symbolizes the saying; justice is blind, he is blindfolded because that's the only way to serve justice.

In conclusion, Daredevil, one of the most brutal superheroes, has cornerstones. These cornerstones come from the anger and dichotomy in his soul and with his help, comic book readers can see the criticizing of the system of contemporary law.